Culture Days
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 822013033RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($504,015) as filed with the CRA.
Culture Days is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $499K in revenue and $504K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Culture Days is an annual national celebration of arts culture and creativity. As a volunteer-based initiative Culture Days involves the participation of thousands of cultural organizations and individual artists. Every fall organizers invite the public to participate in 4 000+ free events in their communities as a way to promote access and appreciation of arts and culture and celebrate diversity and creativity. The Culture Days organization supports and promotes the nation-wide event providing planning and marketing resources and access to free sectoral learning opportunities. Each year…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $499K | $504K | $415K | — | — | $50K |
| 2023 | $423K | $425K | $342K | — | — | $55K |
| 2022 | $585K | $575K | $490K | — | — | $61K |
| 2021 | $465K | $437K | $353K | — | — | $51K |
| 2020 | $622K | $631K | $530K | — | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $53K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Iley (chair); David Pensato (chair); Rick Walters (board member); Mervon Mehta (v); Gary Filan (board member); Caroline Ivey (board member); Dean Kush (board member); Colleen Smith (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Culture Days’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822013033RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.